ON HER WATCH

In this four-part series, Searchlight New Mexico evaluates the impact of Gov. Susana Martinez' two terms in office. Our journalists focused in particular on how her policies and appointees influenced the lives of and prospects for our state's children.
Read our reporting in the links below.

Ushered into office on a conservative wave that swept statehouses around the country, Martinez espoused classic Republican views on small government and fiscal conservatism. Eight years on, she can truthfully say she has kept state government lean.

Searchlight examined eight education-related claims and promises Martinez made during her two successful campaigns for governor, using publicly available data to learn whether New Mexico has managed to move the needle since then.

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